Kevin Grandia | Climate Crock of the Week: What's Up With Watts? [flame war edition]

The Watts Up With That readers are an "emotional" little gang of online trolls that spend way too much time on their hands - with way too little science - trying to prove that climate change is nothing to worry about.

Skeptic's Corner: "Notable Quotes"

"Yes, so-called clean energy is very expensive and not at all cost competitive. It is not surprising that it takes three times as many people to create energy in that sector as in the carbon-based fuel sector. This is why we are better off using carbon-based fuels for quite a while into the future. What you are proposing doing is the same as the Luddite idea that if we eliminate tractors, we can create many more farm jobs with people using hand shovels and hoes. "

Jacksonville's solar stimulus funding cloudy - Jacksonville Business Journal:

...as some smaller solar companies begin to wither due to the recession, the government has yet to accept applications for the incentives and loans. The main reason for the holdup is that the agency in charge of distributing the money, the U.S. Department of Energy, is overburdened, said David Mann, a legislative assistant at Holland & Knight LLC’s public policy and regulation group.

‘The Storm’ brews on NBC : Entertainment : The Buffalo News

Although “The Storm” is airing at a time when climate change is a dominant story in the world news, Halmi insists the filmmakers have no real social agenda in presenting this thriller right now.

“Our goal is to be a good storyteller, and if [greater] good comes from our story, that’s great,” he says. “It’s really more of a technology tale than a global warming tale. It’s about the abuse of technology, all these computers and things that people can do that don’t necessarily lead to something good. It’s really just entertaining, larger than life, and hopefully from the story there is some morality and some great messages from within, because that’s what good storytelling delivers.”